What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
Matthew 21:34 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit. American Standard Version (1901) And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. Common English Bible When it was time for harvest, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, so that they might receive its fruits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. |
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?*
They told him, *He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.*
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
He began to speak to them in parables. *A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
He began to tell the people this parable. *A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.